Quatuor Thymos At The Kennedy Center And On Tour

Paris-based quartet Le Quatuor Thymosare set to return for a small tour in the United States in January 2016. For their Kennedy Center return, Thymos Quartet has chosen Schubert's "Rosamunde" quartet and beloved "Trout" quintet, and a quartet by Dejours. Music Director Christoph Eschenbach is at the keyboard, with Yann Dubost playing the double bass.

After its successful tour in the USA in March 2012, Quatuor Thymos is pleased to meet again with its American audience through a 5-concert tour this January.

About Quatuor ThymosWhen Paris-based Thymos Quartet visited the United States Washington Post called their Kennedy Center performance “detailed down to the last atom, and overflowing with human experience.” Founded in 2001 to share intense moments of music with wide audiences, The Thymos visit Durham, Washington and Weymouth with a program of Schubert and French composer Olivier Dejours. For the concert at Washington Kennedy center, they are joined by the elegant pianist and conductor Christoph Eschenbach, hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his “crystalline tone” and “hypnotic rhythmic animation” in his interpretations of the music of Schubert.